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In reply to the discussion: Are human beings an evolutionary mistake? [View all]PortTack
(32,773 posts)27. Facts.. such a pesky thing! You are so right
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No, it's not really a good question. Evolution has no intelligence and doesn't make "mistakes".
Towlie
May 2021
#43
If it's any consolation, realize that humans are also the best chance of life escaping doom...
Silent3
May 2021
#36
Did you say "Darwinism"? And do you call gravity "Newtonism"? Do you call relativity "Einsteinism"?
Towlie
May 2021
#46
Evolution doesn't make "mistakes". It's a random process without a goal or design.
muriel_volestrangler
May 2021
#5
Just FYI, our brainstem is neither vestigial, nor does it play a role in our behavior.
Crunchy Frog
May 2021
#49
Humans become aggressive and homicidal under conditions of scarcity. Civilization manufactures
Gaugamela
May 2021
#11
You make a good point. Perhaps I should have used the word "poverty" instead of scarcity.
Gaugamela
May 2021
#35
On that note, there's a pretty cool book called "After Man - A Zoology Of The Future"
hatrack
May 2021
#19
My microbiology professor used to say the bacteria, viruses and many of the hosts they depend
PortTack
May 2021
#29
Chimpanzees kill others who are members of "outgroups" in a similar way to humans. Presumably
Crunchy Frog
May 2021
#23
Yeast always either consumes all the sugar or excretes enough alcohol to kill itself
Klaralven
May 2021
#31
Some of the key developments were stone choppers, fire, clothing and agriculture
Klaralven
May 2021
#44
hundreds of millions, or perhaps either billions of other species that inhabit our galaxy.
Earth-shine
May 2021
#41